Shanghai Dreams (Qinghong) (2005)

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A young girl living with her family in rural China finds both her father and the rapidly changing times weighing heavily on her dreams in this drama from filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai. At the dawn of the 1980s, modern sensibilities had reached to the furthest corners of the globe, but previous political… More A young girl living with her family in rural China finds both her father and the rapidly changing times weighing heavily on her dreams in this drama from filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai. At the dawn of the 1980s, modern sensibilities had reached to the furthest corners of the globe, but previous political obligation had forced some loyal Chinese families to move to remote border provinces in hopes of establishing a stronger line of defense against possible invasion. Qinghong's family was one such family, though her father's growing regret of having uprooted his life for an invasion that never came has been weighing heavily on his conscience. As dreams of returning to Shanghai haunt his sleep, Qinghong's father vows not to let his daughter establish roots in the remote region in hopes that when the time comes, his clan can return to the modern world from which they came so long ago. In his quest to ensure that Qinghong is ready when that time comes, he isolates his daughter by crushing her dreams with poisonous rhetoric and attempting to ensure that her crush on a local boy doesn't have the opportunity to develop into something deeper. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 2 hr. 1 min.
Directed By: Xiaoshuai Wang, Wang Xiaoshuai
Written By: Xiaoshuai Wang
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: May 17, 2005 Wide

Critic Reviews

Anton Bitel, musicOMH.com
Revolution is shown as a force both for liberation, and for tragic catastrophe
Kim Voynar, Cinematical
Viewed in the context of the progression of Wang's work ... Shanghai Dreams represents a progression of sorts in his attempt to portray migrants in China in a more sympathetic light ...
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
Skilfully filmed but fairly dull, this drama paints a remarkable portrait of life in China's factory towns in the 1980s.

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Dimitris S

A terrific depiction of the long-forgotten youth,it will crawl inside you and you don't have to be a Chinese to apply to what these dreams truly mean and focus on.The inches of respect and fervent ambition are but scaffolds for the proletarian class,most of the time their only… More
A terrific depiction of the long-forgotten youth,it will crawl inside you and you don't have to be a Chinese to apply to what these dreams truly mean and focus on.The inches of respect and fervent ambition are but scaffolds for the proletarian class,most of the time their only way out from this bulk of stability.Yuanyuan is excellent in her role as the meek daughter and Xiaoshuai presents another great movie..

Cast

            Gao Yuanyuan as Qing Hong

            Li Bin as Honggen

            Yan Anlian as Wu Zemin Qinghong's Father

            Xueyang Wang as Xiao Zhen

            Qin Hao as Lu Jun

            Yang Tang as Zhou Meifen Qinghong's Mother

            Wang Ziaofan as Wu Qingmu

            Wang Xiaofan as Qinghong's Brother

            Dai Wenyan as Xiao Zhen's Mother

            Yuan Lin as Xiao Zhen's Father

            Sun Qingchang as Wang Enhua

            You Fangming as Lu Jun's Father

            Huang Juan
            
            Long Huaizhong
            
            Lei Yu
            
            Tang Jinsheng
            
            Qiu Jinjin
            
            Liu Wenjie
            
            Dong Yu
            
            Yuan Chanjuan
            
            Zhang Xin
            
            Bing Yang
            
            Yuanyuan Gao
            
            Bin Li
            
            Anlian Yao
            
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